Why are Latin American cities amongst the most violent in the world? Over the past decades Latin America has not only become the most urbanised of the regions of the so-called global South, it has al …

As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable.From the paramilitary invasion of Medell n in Colombia, the booming wealth of …

For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process of urbanization that started in the second half of the twentieth century. ‘Megacit …

Why are Latin American cities amongst the most violent in the world? Over the past decades Latin America has not only become the most urbanised of the regions of the so-called global South, it has al …

In this volume, Latin Americanist scholars explore the recent evidence relating to the ways in which partial state failure in the continent is interacting with new types of organized violence, thereb …

In this volume, Latin Americanist scholars explore the recent evidence relating to the ways in which partial state failure in the continent is interacting with new types of organized violence, thereb …

As cities sprawl across Latin America, absorbing more and more of its people, crime and violence have become inescapable.From the paramilitary invasion of Medell n in Colombia, the booming wealth of …

For the first time in history, the majority of the world’s population lives in cities, the result of a rapid process of urbanization that started in the second half of the twentieth century. ‘Megacit …